St Michael Queenhithe was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666, and rebuilt. Holy Trinity the Less* was united with St Michael in 1670, and when St Michael was demolished in 1875, both parishes united with St. James Garlickhithe. Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms, 1653-1876; marriages, 1653-1875; banns, 1754-1812 and 1823-75; and burials, 1653-1852. Later baptisms and marriages are in the registers of St James Garlickhithe. A partial index to baptisms and marriages for the years, 1651-1875, is in the IGI. Only two Combs entries have been located in the IGI.

*Holy Trinity the Less was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666 and not rebuilt. Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms, 1547-1836; marriages, 1547-1830; and burials, 1547-1852. For later baptisms, marriages and banns, see St Michael Queenhithe. A partial index to baptisms for 1547-1836 is in the IGI. No Combs are in this index.

According to Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses, a later rector of "St. Michael's Queenhithe, Middlesex" was Thomas COOMBE, D. D., two of whose sons, John Riché (adm. pens. Corpus Christi, 10 Oct 1793) by first wife, Sarah Anne LEAKE, and Thomas (adm. Fellows-Commoner at Peterhouse, 17 Nov 1818) by second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis CHASSEREAU, attended Cambridge University. Venn identifies Thomas COOMBE the elder as the former
rector of Christ Church,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a "refugee and native " who was
loyalist (additional information to be added shortly).
St. James Garlickhithe, Upper Thames Street, was rebuilt in 1676-82 following the
Great Fire. Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms, 1535-1692/3 and
1708-1971; marriages, 1535-1692/3 and 1708-1970; banns 1754-1816, 1823-52 and 1950;
marriage licenses, 1859-70; and burials, 1535-1692/3 and 1708-1853. Baptism, marriage
and burial registers for 1693-1708 are not extant. A partial index to baptisms and
marriages for the years 1535-1868 is in the IGI.

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